Pictured Above: Junior
Ahmad Lyons
(Photo by Adrienne Terzuoli)
Stony Brook, NY – The Wagner College football team dropped a 26-10 decision to Colonial Athletic Association member Stony Brook at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on Saturday night.
With the loss, the Seahawks fall to 0-3 on the young season while the Seawolves improve to 2-1.
The Wagner defensive delivered a stout effort in the opening half as the teams heading to their respective locker rooms with SBU on top by a 13-0 count. The Seawolves' first-half points came via a pair of short field goals by kicker Nick Courtney of 24 and 21 yards, sandwiched around a 26-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tyquell Fields to wide receiver Jean Constant.
Wagner's first points of the game came in the third quarter when freshman defensive back
Jacque Cook partially blocked a punt by SBU's Mitchell Punt in the SBU end zone, with the boot traveling just eight yards as a result. This big special play gave Wagner a first down at the Seawolves' 20-yard line, which led directly to a 36-yard
Eric Silvester field goal which made it a 13-3 game.
However, a pair of quick-strike SBU drives led to touchdowns runs by Isaiah White of nine and seven yards, respectively, that increased the Seawolves' lead to 26-3.
Midway through the fourth quarter, Alexander-Stevens engineered a six-play, 53-yard drive that took just 1:10 off the clocks and was culminated with a four-yard touchdown pass to DeCambre in the deep right corner of the end zone. The Alexander-Stevens to DeCambre connection fashioned the final score at 26-10.
"Number one, I'm really proud of our guys for the effort, which is something we always talk about. It's a non-conference game and we're just trying to get better every day. Our guys are really competitive, this crew. Obviously any time you don't come away with the "W" it really hurts," said Seahawk fifth-year head coach
Jason Houghtaling. "But I was proud of their effort. Chuck (Fiore) does a great job here at Stony Brook. They have a great program and I told him that afterwards.
"But yeah, our guys kept fighting, kept battling. Offensively, we just have to get better and figure out what we have to do to get better heading into conference play," Houghtaling continued. "Penalties were improved. The first two weeks, we had 10 penalties in each game and today we had only three, two of which came in the first three minutes. I felt we played a cleaner football game. We didn't give up any sacks. We knew running the ball against their front was going to be tough. It's one of the best fronts in the FCS. We just didn't make enough plays early to win the football game. But we're getting
Sophomore tight end
Nolan Quinlan, who gained his first career start in place of injured senior
Adam Giordano, recorded career highs with five receptions to match DeCambre for team-high honors.
In addition to his dead-on 36-yard field goal, junior
Eric Silvester, a preseason All-Northeast Conference (NEC) punter, exhibited why he's held in that regard as he averaged 43.6 yards on eight punts with, with two over 50 yards including a 55-yarder. Six of those boots pinned SBU inside their 20-yard line.
The Seahawks are next in action on Saturday, September 21 when the Seahawks face their second FBS opponent of the season when the Green & White face Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton. Kickoff between the Seahawks and the Owls I set for 6:00 p.m. and the game can be seen on ESPN+.
